Does this make sense? Silva over twice as much as Franklin? From MMA weekly

Rich Franklin earned just US$21,000 for his failed middleweight title defence Saturday, according to purse information released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Franklin missed out on a $21,000 win bonus.

Well if you talk to the UFC nuthuggers, they'll tell you that the UFC is still in the red from the beginning years when they were losing a lot of money. How they STILL aren't out of that hole is beyond me. And people wonder why the best fighters fight for PRIDE and K-1.

Well if you talk to the UFC nuthuggers, they'll tell you that the UFC is still in the red from the beginning years when they were losing a lot of money. How they STILL aren't out of that hole is beyond me. And people wonder why the best fighters fight for PRIDE and K-1.

Sherdog was a great place before TUF. I watch the show, it's entertaining but I didn't need 8,000 new people logging onto that site to act like mma was just invented. As far as the UFC losing money in the beginning , I think Dana and Zuffa just bought it a few years ago.

Sherdog was a great place before TUF. I watch the show, it's entertaining but I didn't need 8,000 new people logging onto that site to act like mma was just invented. As far as the UFC losing money in the beginning , I think Dana and Zuffa just bought it a few years ago.

Yeah they did purchase it recently. I agree about Sherdog, it was arugably the best MMA forum on the internet before the TUF boom and retards like Earl started watching it. I don't watch TUF, can't really get into it with all these disrespectful guys blowing smoke up their own asses every season. Gets a little old after a while.

If I'm not mistaken, PRIDE has their own reality show a la TUF starting, so that could be interesting.

Yeah they did purchase it recently. I agree about Sherdog, it was arugably the best MMA forum on the internet before the TUF boom and retards like Earl started watching it. I don't watch TUF, can't really get into it with all these disrespectful guys blowing smoke up their own asses every season. Gets a little old after a while.

If I'm not mistaken, PRIDE has their own reality show a la TUF starting, so that could be interesting.

If Pride is really going to have their own show that would be sweet, the fights those guys will put on should be fun to watch.... when is this supposed to be happening.

Does this make sense? Silva over twice as much as Franklin? From MMA weekly

Rich Franklin earned just US$21,000 for his failed middleweight title defence Saturday, according to purse information released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Franklin missed out on a $21,000 win bonus.

The reason Rich was paid so little is because he was still on his old contract. The one he signed before the popularity boom. But even when he signed it everyone thought it was horrendously low. And it is odd that his manager took it, considering he is one of the managers in the business. But this fight was his last on the contract. So hopefully he'll be getting what he's worth from now on, despite the fact he lost to Silva so badly.

The reason Rich was paid so little is because he was still on his old contract. The one he signed before the popularity boom. But even when he signed it everyone thought it was horrendously low. And it is odd that his manager took it, considering he is one of the managers in the business. But this fight was his last on the contract. So hopefully he'll be getting what he's worth from now on, despite the fact he lost to Silva so badly.

I'd think Zuffa's willing to step up just b/c they have so few PPV main events. I mean, I'll get the rematch...